I find that portion-control diets are not the best. Ketogenic diets where you aren't measuring everything but instead watching the amount of carb intake works much better for me. But yea....6oz of chicken is kinda nuts. In terms of calories you could eat 5x that in lean turkey for the same 'spend'.

I find that portion-control diets are not the best. Ketogenic diets where you aren't measuring everything but instead watching the amount of carb intake works much better for me. But yea....6oz of chicken is kinda nuts. In terms of calories you could eat 5x that in lean turkey for the same 'spend'.

Not really doing portion control so much as calorie counting. I've found it to be very effective. The other day I had what I thought was 6, but upon weighing it was 12.

Ancient Celtic warriors used to go into a berserker rage in battle. I do the same thing...but with food. Who knows what I did. As far as I know, there's a cashier at McDonalds missing a hand right now.

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Ancient Celtic warriors used to go into a berserker rage in battle. I do the same thing...but with food. Who knows what I did. As far as I know, there's a cashier at McDonalds missing a hand right now.

As someone intimately familiar with fast-food employees, I'm pretty sure the soul-crushing depression of their current predicament far overshadows the chance that they'd even notice. Also, it may have been any one of the people before/during/after you.

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I find that portion-control diets are not the best. Ketogenic diets where you aren't measuring everything but instead watching the amount of carb intake works much better for me. But yea....6oz of chicken is kinda nuts. In terms of calories you could eat 5x that in lean turkey for the same 'spend'.

This.

Caloric deficiency is important to short-term weight loss, and as long as you've stepped away from the SAD (Standard American Diet) with a low-carb maintenance plan, then you should be able to "keep it off". How you climb down the weight though - I'd rather do it with bacon over corn/wheat infused food as a means to avoid the word "fat" (because, in my experience, eating fat has never made me fat). Saturated or otherwise.

Also, 6oz of chicken is horrible waste of a meal, esp. if you're talking white meat. Might as well eat the box that it came in, too.

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I find that portion-control diets are not the best. Ketogenic diets where you aren't measuring everything but instead watching the amount of carb intake works much better for me. But yea....6oz of chicken is kinda nuts. In terms of calories you could eat 5x that in lean turkey for the same 'spend'.

This.. Low carb was the way my wife and I took off a bunch of weight (eventually, put some back on), but is was definatly the easiest and you never had to worry about being hungry..

I started focusing on my health a little more at the beginning of this year. It has always been my experience that building muscle mass before focusing on actual weight loss always got better results for me. After 4 months of fairly regular gym time I have lost Zero lbs, but my waist size has gone down 3-4 inches. In another month I will start regulating my diet a little bit and doing some cardio in my workouts, and i expect a 15-20lb weight loss should be relatively easy.

I just looked it up and according to this web page (which is actually just some stuff I made up and then wrote down on a sticky note with the words "Internet Explorer 9" written on the top that I then taped to my computer monitor), the Potato Beaver is Canada's fiercest land animal and has such great jaw strength that it has been observed snapping a Louisville Slugger in half with one bite. It's also able to perfectly mimic Bryan Adams and loves long walks on the beach.

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Ancient Celtic warriors used to go into a berserker rage in battle. I do the same thing...but with food. Who knows what I did. As far as I know, there's a cashier at McDonalds missing a hand right now.

did it weigh 6 ounces?

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Six ounces sounds about right to me. That's one chicken breast, which when combined with, say, rice and salad, is a satisfying and filling meal. I almost never eat more chicken than that in one sitting. Of course, American serving sizes tend to be considerably larger than their European counterparts.

Six ounces sounds about right to me. That's one chicken breast, which when combined with, say, rice and salad, is a satisfying and filling meal. I almost never eat more chicken than that in one sitting. Of course, American serving sizes tend to be considerably larger than their European counterparts.

Six ounces sounds about right to me. That's one chicken breast, which when combined with, say, rice and salad, is a satisfying and filling meal. I almost never eat more chicken than that in one sitting. Of course, American serving sizes tend to be considerably larger than their European counterparts.

But you guys are smaller....and you know, 'Murica and all that.

I read somewhere (or made it up, not sure) that the average height of a Dane is around 3' 4". However, Great Danes can sometimes reach heights of 4 and a half feet.

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Six ounces sounds about right to me. That's one chicken breast, which when combined with, say, rice and salad, is a satisfying and filling meal. I almost never eat more chicken than that in one sitting. Of course, American serving sizes tend to be considerably larger than their European counterparts.

But you guys are smaller....and you know, 'Murica and all that.

I read somewhere (or made it up, not sure) that the average height of a Dane is around 3' 4". However, Great Danes can sometimes reach heights of 4 and a half feet.

Literal lol! I'm still on my keto diet - dropped 5 lbs over the last two weeks. 6oz of chicken is still too small....

Basically it's calorie counting via Myfitnesspal.com. And I began exercising again. I used to rely solely on running, but we bought bikes a month and a half ago and that has been the difference. Alternating biking with running has really helped me to stay consistent and avoid fatigue and avoid injury.

I'm losing on average 2.5 per week. Goal is to get back down to my HS weight (180) by August.

Basically it's calorie counting via Myfitnesspal.com. And I began exercising again. I used to rely solely on running, but we bought bikes a month and a half ago and that has been the difference. Alternating biking with running has really helped me to stay consistent and avoid fatigue and avoid injury.

I'm losing on average 2.5 per week. Goal is to get back down to my HS weight (180) by August.

Ice cream, given the sugar/carb load level, is probably off the regular menu.

I've basically been able to gain weight (muscle tissue) and maintain / slightly lose weight. I have big problems with my current lifestyle, as my GF doesn't really subscribe to the idea so it makes it harder to resist the occasional cheats. Oddly enough, any of my weight loss has been due to low carb diets - specifically looking at Protein Power (2003-2005 timeframe) and then more keto (raising fat intakes).

IIRC, the idea behind ketogenic weight loss is that your body is lacking so much carb content that it uses fat to make ketones to fuel your brain. If memory serves, your brain will use ~120g of carbs per day to fuel your brain - but the carbs also cause a storage cycle.

I'm just looking for advice on what balance of amount of food, timing, etc that has worked for Ron - I'm not interested in losing my strength or muscular framework - I've put many hours into the gym to get it. I need to slim down the fat, but I'm trying to find the best way to do so. It's easier for me to take a list from someone else and then follow it than it is to actually start counting. Frankly put, going keto and listening to hunger has worked for me in the past, but it's difficult with all the stress and crap I have in the cupboards.

Hit a personal best in the gym 3 weeks ago - my second set of bench, I did 5 reps of 335lbs (or eight-hundred-and-ninety-three-odd 6oz chicken breasts), and that same week, manage to do 95lbs DB shoulder press (7 reps) in a drop set. I'm working on getting strong enough to overcome my weight to do muscle-ups now, and when fresh, I can manage 13-15 chin-ups (if you count by chin, that's at leat 26-39 ). I also will do 10-12 minutes of interval running. I'm fast, but I try and get my endurance through cycling. Just bought a set of Vibrams last week, and am interested in getting into "barefoot" running. Hate shoes - they never fit right and hurt my toes because I land mid-foot rather than heel-to-toe.

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